With its abundance of collagenous fibers, cartilage is an example of
A) adipose tissue.
B) connective tissue.
C) reproductive tissue.
D) nervous tissue.
E) epithelial tissue.
Answer: B
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AP Biology Chapter 32
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- Examine Figure 32.1. Near a goose's abdomen, the countercurrent arrangement of the arterial and venous blood vessels causes
- Unlike most bony fishes, sharks maintain body fluids that are isoosmotic to seawater, so they are considered by many to be osmoconformers. Nonetheless, these sharks osmoregulate at least partially by
- If a person loses a large amount of water in a short period of time, he or she may die from dehydration. ADH can help reduce water loss through its interaction with its target cells in the
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- The thin horizontal arrows in Figure 32.1 show that
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